The North Suburban YMCA's Flying Turtles swim group rose to the event for his or her first nation-extensive meet, incomes ten gold medals and silvers withinside the Illinois Special Olympics' Summer Games on June 11. Coached with the aid of using Tom March, 9 swimmers from the group certified as contenders on the nation degree video games, which have been held at Normal Community West High School in Normal, Illinois.
Several of the NSYMCA swimmers earned gold medals for his or her first location finishes with the aid of using age group, consisting of Sean Phelan, Melanie Martinez, Kevin Dinga and Joseph Erie in 25M Freestyle; Joe King in 50M Freestyle and 50M Butterfly; Andrew Massari in 100M Freestyle; Kai Miller in 50M Breaststroke and 50M Freestyle; and Sean Phelan withinside the 25M Breaststroke. Sam Kasallis earned a silver in his 25M Freestyle race, as did Nate Freeman withinside the 50M Freestyle.
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The Summer Games is a most beneficial sports activities opposition for Illinois Special Olympians with greater than 4,000 athletes and Unified Partners competing in 6 extraordinary sports activities. Nearly 11,000 humans attend the video games every year.
"You ought to simply see the pleasure in how they completed and interacted with every different as a real group. When they have been now no longer swimming, they have been withinside the stands cheering on their teammates," beamed March.
The Flying Turtles swim group is simply one of the many unique wishes applications and offerings supplied with the aid of using the North Suburban YMCA. Inclusive aquatics, art, dance, fitness, and yoga permit youngsters humans with unique wishes to learn, play, and engage with their friends beneathneath the steering of supportive Y workforce in a nurturing environment.
For greater facts at the Flying Turtles, touch Tom March (Tmarch@nsymca.org). For extra info on the alternative unique wishes applications the Y offers, touch Liz Frusti, Special Services Coordinator at efrusti@nsymca.org.
About the North Suburban YMCA
The YMCA is a charitable business enterprise and is based on donations to make offerings to be had for all households and people in its 15-town region. All board participants are volunteers, who donate their time, abilties and monetary resources. Located at 2705 Techny Road in Northbrook, the YMCA has served the northern suburbs of Chicago for over forty five years. The Y is set youngsters development, healthful living, and social responsibility, imparting applications and offerings that deal with the wishes of our numerous network and are handy to all. For greater facts on giving possibilities, touch our Development Office at (847) 272-7250, x. 1219 or awright@nsymca.org
The Special Olympics presents year-spherical sports activities schooling and athletic opposition in loads of Olympic-kind sports activities for kids and adults with highbrow disabilities, giving them persevering with possibilities to expand bodily fitness, exhibit courage, revel in pleasure and take part in a sharing of gifts, skills, and friendship with their households, different Special Olympics athletes and the network. Visit soill.org for greater facts.